HOSPITAL SYSTEM.

(a) The district has the responsibility to establish a hospital or hospital system, including medical facilities and other health facilities, within its boundaries to provide hospital and medical care to the district's residents.

(b) The district shall provide for:

(1) the establishment of a hospital system by:

(A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and

(B) equipping the buildings; and

(2) the administration of buildings and equipment for hospital and medical care purposes.

(c) The hospital system may include:

(1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;

(2) outpatient clinics;

(3) dispensaries;

(4) convalescent home facilities;

(5) necessary nurses' domiciliaries;

(6) training centers;

(7) training facilities for doctors and nurses and for other health care disciplines;

(8) blood banks;

(9) community mental health centers;

(10) research centers or laboratories;

(11) parking; and

(12) any other facilities the board considers necessary for a hospital or hospital system and a medical facility or other health facility included in the hospital or hospital system.